Clrnc You mean he would have rejected us for a first team spot at the great Nottm Forest?
Sure. Minutes. From both ends, though.
I'm pretty convinced the thing influencing our thinking about midfield, the reason we're being linked with Rice and threatening to drop £60m on Caicedo, is that we want a signing that upgrades and bolsters a very solid, functional trio.
That trio looks far better than they did last summer when we were tracking Danilo. At that point Xhaka was being extended instead of sold against half of our wishes, Partey's legal troubles were more ominous, Ødegaard's form less supreme, and a return to Champions League football wasn't guaranteed.
In summer we needed cover. Now we still need cover but the cover will never play a serious match unless he's world class or someone's injured.
